Patents Represented by Attorney Varndell & Varndell, PLLC
  • Patent number: 6499556
    Abstract: A revolving deck for an earthmoving machinery, which is shaped to be kept away from contact with an obstacle due to being within the tail swing radius of the counter weight and which can be made light in weight. A revolving deck is formed, as seen in the top plan view, to have a swing radius R substantially equal to that of the counter weight, and is made of an integral skeleton structure in which a main frame and side frames are jointed by overhanging beams. The side frames are made to act as revolving frame guards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Komatsu, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Koyama
  • Patent number: 6500105
    Abstract: A portable exercising apparatus includes a chest-expander, two rod members adapted for fastening to two handles at two distal ends of the chest-expander for vertical pulling exercises, two wheels adapted for mounting on one rod member for back and forth body extending exercises on the floor, and a bag adapted for holding parts of the exercising apparatus when the exercising apparatus is not in use or fastening to the other handle of the chest-expander to hold a pad to support the knees on the floor when performing back and forth body extending exercises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Inventor: Johnson Kuo
  • Patent number: 6502016
    Abstract: Position data of target points (26′, 26′, . . . ) in a target area (21) is generated based on the position data of the target area (21) (position data of a borderline (20)) inputted to area data input device (3). A vehicle (13) is sequentially guided to travel through the target positions (26′, 26′, . . . ) in the target area (21) while being given the position data of the target points (26′, 26′, . . . ). Not by a conventional method such as a teaching method, a travel course to target points in a target area is easily created with little man-hour in a short time when an earth unloading area (target area) which the vehicle is to reach is given, thereby enhancing the work efficiency of creating a travel course. Further, target earth unloading points in an earth unloading area are arranged uniformly and densely, and consequently the efficiencies of an earth unloading work and a leveling work are enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Komatsu, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomonori Ozaki, Masato Kageyama
  • Patent number: 6494526
    Abstract: The invention provides a console box mounting structure which can use a common console box and parts for mounting the same between an operator cab equipped specification and an operator cab non-equipped specification. In a mounting structure of a console box in a vehicle, there are provided with an instrument panel provided with an electrical measuring instrument and a start switch for the vehicle, and the instrument panel being (6) placed in the console box (25), a common console box mounting structure is provided on a partition wall (16) sectioning an engine room (15) and an operator cab in the vehicle, and a front surface wall (31) of the operator cab (30) provided in the vehicle, an add-on mounting portion capable of commonly being mounted to the partition wall (16) and the front surface wall (31) of the operator cab (30) in an add-on manner is provided in the console box, and one console box (25) is selectively mounted to the partition wall (16) and the front surface wall (31) of the operator cab (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Masataka Uno
  • Patent number: 6496527
    Abstract: Xenon gas is added from a small-sized Xe gas cylinder (15) to the excimer laser gas inside a chamber (10) supplied from an Ar/Ne gas cylinder (13) and an Ar/Ne/F2 gas cylinder (14), the xenon gas proportion is detected by an Xe gas sensor (16), and the supply of the xenon gas supplied to the chamber (10) from the Xe gas cylinder (15) is controlled by a gas controller (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Komatsu, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsutomo Terashima, Osamu Wakabayashi, Akira Sumitani
  • Patent number: 6487771
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing speaker bottom yoke, including steps of: 1. calculating product weight according to required dimension; 2. cutting off a blank material with the calculated weight from steel bar (material bar), which blank material can be further planed; 3. performing first time forging to forge one end of the blank material into a stem section with reduced diameter, which stem section can be formed with a sink in accordance with the required shape of the bottom yoke; 4. performing second time forging to forge the other end of the blank material into a bottom disc with larger diameter; and 5. performing third time forging to further forge the bottom disc of the blank material into a predetermined dimension. In the above forging procedure, the diameter of the blank material is forged from large dimension into small dimension and the bottom disc is forged at two times into a specific dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Inventor: Hui Chiu Lin
  • Patent number: 6487802
    Abstract: A photoluminescent evacuation route kit includes a U-shaped base frame for mounting on a wall surface or door panel by screws, the base frame defining a mounting groove, a mylar transparency of custom graphics sandwiched in between a photoluminescent back drop and a clear protective lens and inserted with the photoluminescent back drop and the clear protective lens into the mounting groove of the base frame, and a top frame detachably fastened to the base frame by screws to hold the mylar transparency, the photoluminescent back drop and the clear protective lens in the mounting groove of the base frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Inventor: Peter H. K. Suen
  • Patent number: 6481333
    Abstract: First and second pistons are provided in a body, the first piston is restricted by the body and the second piston, and the second piston is restricted by the body and a second piston restricting part. Thus, the first piston can be stopped at three positions, and the respective stop positions can be adjusted. Therefore, when rotation speeds of left and right rotating bodies are switched among three levels by a hydraulic motor, a difference of the number of rotations between the left and right rotating bodies can be eliminated, and a vehicle can be suppressed from deviating from a course while it is going straight. Further, a mounting area of the hydraulic pump can be decreased and a structure can be made simple. The rotation speed of the hydraulic motor is changed among the three levels by a simple structure and simple control without using a complex structure such as a servo valve and complex control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Akasaka, Sadao Nunotani, Takahiro Miyata
  • Patent number: 6481518
    Abstract: A motor drive mounting arrangement includes a wheel holder fixedly fastened to the front end of the main shaft member of a golf cart to hold a motor holder and a transmission gearbox, a driving wheel supported on the transmission gearbox for synchronous rotation to move the golf cart upon operation of the motor in the motor holder, a battery holder mounted on the main shaft member of the golf cart to support the golf bag being carried on the golf cart and controlled by a circuit control box at the wheel holder to provide battery power supply to the motor in the motor holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Inventor: David Wu
  • Patent number: 6481388
    Abstract: A target fan rotation speed FANRPM is set corresponding to the temperature Tc sensed by a cooling water temperature sensing unit. A capacity control unit (controller, EPC valve )is then used to control the capacity of a hydraulic pump (or a hydraulic motor) so that the fan rotation speed N of the cooling fan becomes the target fan rotation speed FANRPM. In this way, when the cooling fan is driven by a hydraulic source, it can be driven with optimal energy efficiency and noise can be controlled to a minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuuichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6484078
    Abstract: Working efficiency is improved without wasted activity of vehicles by enabling prompt change of a travel route at a time when it becomes necessary to change the travel route of a vehicle. A monitor station changes a worksite towards which a vehicle should travel from a worksite 60a to a worksite 60a′ on the basis of a result of monitoring current positions of a plurality of vehicles and current status of a plurality of worksites. At the same time, the monitor station provides data for the travel route from the current positions of the vehicles to the changed worksite 60a to the vehicles. Upon receiving the data for the travel route from the monitor station, the vehicles then travel along the travel route from their current positions to the changed worksite 60a′.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Masato Kageyama
  • Patent number: 6478900
    Abstract: An improved method of forging a precipitation hardening type stainless steel. The method comprises the steps of soaking the precipitation hardening type stainless steel at a temperature of austenitizing range, cooling the steel to a temperature in the range of 200-700° C., preferably 400-600° C., and subjecting the steel to forging at the temperature in this range. Conventional lubricants and die cooling oils can be used without being deteriorated due to high temperature. It is preferable to forcibly cool the soaked steel to adjust the temperature of the steel at which it is forged. The forged steel is then age hardened to exhibit inherent hardness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Diado Tokushuko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sachihiro Isogawa, Masamichi Kawano, Katsuyoshi Sakoda
  • Patent number: 6478243
    Abstract: A method and a device in which food waste is conveyed to a storage tank from an inlet using a difference in air pressure between the inlet and the storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Exy Concept Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shintaro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 6477844
    Abstract: A sealing structure of the thermoelectric conversion device, which has high sealing capability and is easy to manufacture, is provided. A thermoelectric conversion circuit utilizing Peltier effect is interposed between two metal heat exchanger plates. The O-ring interposed between the outer edge portions of the heat exchanger plates seals the gap formed between the outer edge portions of the heat exchanger plates along the whole periphery. The connector for connecting the thermoelectric conversion circuit to the external power supply is inserted into the through hole formed on the heat exchanger plate. The O-ring fitted on the connector seals the gap between the connector and the through hole spontaneously, when the connector is inserted into the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Ohkubo, Masanobu Seki, Mineo Tokuda
  • Patent number: 6480769
    Abstract: To enable vehicles to travel safely without risk of head-on collision when they have been made to travel on an oncoming lane in order to avoid an obstacle on the original lane. In addition, when travel conditions have been set or changed, it becomes possible to transmit data quickly but a problem of a production efficiency being reduced as a result of all the vehicles being stopped does not arise nor is there a safety problem due to a delay in data changes. On the basis of a monitored result of the travel conditions of the travel track, a no-entry area E is established ahead of a vehicle Jm traveling on one lane of a 2-way dual-lane vehicle track. Then travel instructions are issued to the vehicle Jm, the travel instructions causing it to avoid the no-entry area and travel on a section L of an oncoming lane, a lane whose traffic runs in the opposite direction to the one lane. Travel instructions are issued to an oncoming vehicle Jt traveling on the oncoming lane which prohibits entry to the section L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Masato Kageyama
  • Patent number: 6474063
    Abstract: A travel motor hydraulic control system for a construction machine having a plurality of hydraulic pumps which supply individually pressurized fluid for a plurality of hydraulic travel motors and a plurality of flow control valves which control the flow rate of the pressurized fluid to be supplied to the motor during an ordinary work. A controller receives a control signal representative of a travel control lever stroke sensed by a position sensor and a control signal detected by a pressure sensor, determines if the vehicle is traveling up a slope, and transmits a command signal to a solenoid operated valve to move a pilot operated shut off valve toward a valve-closing position, thereby the travel hydraulic motors are individually supplied the pressurized fluid from the hydraulic pumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sawada, Seiichi Fuchita, Kouichi Kawamura, Toshio Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 6474192
    Abstract: A bottom bracket bearing axle mounting arrangement includes a bottom bracket bearing axle inserted through a bottom bracket, two ball races mounted on the bottom bracket bearing axle to support a respective set of steel balls around the bottom bracket bearing axle, and two conical, externally threaded, split stop members respectively threaded into a respective inner thread at each of two opposite ends of a bottom bracket to hold two sets of steel balls on the respective ball race.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: D465986
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Inventor: Chiung-Chang Tsai
  • Patent number: D467946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Sanoh Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Ohgaki
  • Patent number: D467947
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Sanoh Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Ohgaki